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02739aam a2200505 i 4500 001 5E9C618E26B811E994CCD44997128E48 003 SILO 005 20190202010039 008 180620s2018 mauabf b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2018021086 020 $a 0306903121 020 $a 9780306903120 035 $a (OCoLC)1028225170 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d TOH $d UOK $d DLC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a p------ $a p------ 050 00 $a D790.263 435th $b .G36 2018 082 00 $a 940.54/4973 $2 23 100 1 $a Gamble, Bruce, $e author. 245 10 $a Kangaroo squadron : $b American courage in the darkest days of World War II / $c Bruce Gamble. 250 $a First Da Capo Press edition. 264 1 $a [New York] : $b Da Capo Press, $c [2018] 300 $a xiii, 400 pages,16 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-381) and index. 505 0 $a Preface: degrees of separation -- Prologue -- Long night's journey into war -- Boeing's big, beautiful bomber -- Off we go! -- Hap's farewell -- Surfboards and submarines -- To Fiji, and beyond -- Storm clouds -- The first raid on Rabaul -- Gunfight over New Britain -- Green hell -- Fever -- Invasion -- The evacuation of Dugout Doug -- Evacuation redux -- Jungle odyssey -- The Royce special mission -- Turning point: the battle of the Coral Sea -- Silver stars -- The reconnaissance game -- Alone against the empire -- The long road home -- The swamp ghost -- Appendix: award citations. 520 $a "The dramatic untold story of the first US Army unit to cross the Pacific and strike back at the Japanese after Pearl Harbor."--Provided by publisher. 610 10 $a United States. $b Bombardment Squadron, 435th. $b Bombardment Squadron, 435th. 611 27 $a World War (1939-1945) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01180924 650 0 $a B-17 bomber $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $z Pacific Area. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Aerial operations, American. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Regimental histories $z United States. 650 7 $a B-17 bomber. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00824804 650 7 $a Military operations, Aerial $x American. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01710199 650 7 $a Regimental histories. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01354209 651 7 $a Pacific Area. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01243504 651 7 $a United States $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 650 7 $a HISTORY / World. $2 bisacsh 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 2 952 $l SCPC074 $d 20210703010634.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190202012530.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5E9C618E26B811E994CCD44997128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search